Author: Gbemisola Bisi-Taiwo

With the authority of H.I.M Ooni Adeyeye Babatunde Ogunwusi Ojaja II, TellAfrica is TELLING at the Òséméjì festival, right from the Palace of Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji Aje Ogunguniso I. It came to pass as it was divinely ordained that Òsé would leave heaven to the earth in order to become relevant. Due to his nature, Òsé was said to have many enemies both on earth and in the heaven. Therefore, he was asked to make sacrifice in order to conquer all these enemies; he did as instructed…

OONI POSTPONES AMERICAN TRIP, AS INTERNATIONAL ARTS AND CRAFT FESTIVAL (TIAF) HOLDS NEXT YEAR JUNE The Palace of the Ooni of Ife in Nigeria has announced the cancellation of the proposed trip to be enbarked by the Arole Oodua & Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II to the United States Of America tomorrow. This was contained in a press release signed by the Ooni’s Director of Media & Public Affairs, Comrade Moses Olafare and made availlable to journalists on Thursday. Olafare said the decision of Ooni Ogunwusi…

The entire TellAfrica crew wishes to, on behalf of HIM Ooni Adeyeye Babatunde Ogunwusi thank and appreciate all that had been involved in ensuring a successful maiden edition of TellAfrica Art & Craft Festival (TIAF) 2018; most especially our partners, sponsors, intending exhibitors and all others too numerous to mention. It is often generally said that, “nothing stops an idea whose time has come” and it is in this spirit that the organizers of this maiden edition has concurred to superior reasoning of ‘the more the merrier’. Due to the…

Ooni takes Love, Unity and Charitable Act to a New Level as he presents: TELLAFRICA INTERNATIONAL ART&CRAFT FESTIVAL, JUNE 2019. The Ooni of Ife, H.I.M Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi (Ojaja II) has taken his bid for peace, love, unity and charitable act to a new level. If permitted to adjudge, I will call this a step in the right and novel direction. Ooni Ogunwusi is one of the foremost Nigerian monarch and Co-chairman of the Nigeria Council of Traditional rulers. Since his ascension to the throne in 2015, he is…

There is a serious dearth of information across the black population all over the world; an apparent inability of the descendants of Africans especially in this 21st century to identify themselves as a part of their very interesting cultural heritage. Having realised this, His imperial Majesty, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, Arole Oduduwa (The Projenitor of the African Race) came up with the idea of TellAfrica. TellAfrica is a lifestyle; moral, culture & heritage and a travel blog dedicated to telling African stories to Africans all over…

The Arole Oodua and Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II has revealed why he loves to donate to orphans, less privileged children and those with special needs, saying he doesn’t receive if he doesn’t give. Ooni Ogunwusi also explained that sometimes he struggles to meet the needs of the less privileged children in the country, saying that some of their demands require more people to assist him. The co-chairman…

A Brazil, Rio de Janeiro-based Academy of Letters has said it bestowed “Academic Palms”, the highest honor usually granted Heads of States, Ministers and President of High Cultural Association, on Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi for promoting peace among people of diverse religious beliefs globally. Members of the academic community, who received Ooni Ogunwusi and his entourage to the premises of the academy where the award ceremony was held, during his 10 days visit to the Latin American nation, included the immediate past Brazilian ambassador to Nigeria, Mrs Maria…

Ooni visits oldest African temple, proclaims Bahia capital of Yoruba nation in Americas BOLADALE BAMIGBOLA reports for Osaara African Culture. Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has proclaimed Bahia, a state in Brazil as the headquarters of Yoruba nation in the Americas. The royal father made the proclamation during a visit to the oldest temple owned by the blacks in Salvador, the headquarters of Bahia state. The royal father, alongside 17 notable royal fathers drawn across South West states and Kwara, Ifa priests, university teachers,…